Chapter 235: Chapter 0235: Heading to Miaojiang_1


    After their intimate moment, Ye Xiong went to sleep in the next room, because Yang Xinyi wasn’t ready to give herself to him.N?v(el)B\\jnn


    When he tried to take off her nightgown, she stopped him with her hand, and Ye Xiong didn’t insist.


    Some things can’t be forced.


    After he left the room, Yang Xinyi’s eyes turned red.


    It wasn’t that she didn’t want to give herself to Ye Xiong; it was that she couldn’t.


    She stood up, took off her nightgown, and walked to the mirror.


    Such a perfect body it was, except for an ice-like patch of skin the size of a fist on her stomach, as if a piece of ice was stuck above her navel.


    That day, when she returned home, she was attacked by an unknown person in the garage.


    When she woke up, shey on the garage floor.


    Startled, she checked her body and found that nothing was missing and her clothes were intact, yet there was this ice-like patch on her lower abdomen.<div>


    Touching it felt icy cold, but it didn’t affect her body in any way.


    Over the past few days, she had been observing the patch and noticed that it was growing each day, albeit very slightly.


    She was very worried, but after two days without any other symptoms, her worry diminished a bit.


    She had wanted to tell Ye Xiong after he returned from his cultivation, but she was afraid of influencing his mood for the uing trip to Miaojiang, so she decided to wait until he came back before telling him.


    As for Ye Xiong’s request, she didn’t want to refuse; ever since her conversation with Du Yuehua, she had decided to give herself to him.


    But now cursed with this damn ice-like condition, getting intimate would surely reveal it and affect his mood for the trip to Miaojiang.


    The next morning, Ye Xiong walked out of the vi where Chen Xiao and Vermilion Bird were already waiting for him at the door.


    Chen Xiao was a former intelligence agent with a wealth of experience; Vermilion Bird was originally from Miaojiang and was more familiar with the area. Their help would make this trip much more promising.


    Chen Xiao drove the car while Vermilion Bird sat in the back.


    Vermilion Bird was perennially dressed in ckbat gear, leather jacket, and leather pants, resembling a post-apocalyptic assassin.


    In this hot weather, how could she wear that without feeling hot?


    “Comrade Xiao Song, long time no see.” Ye Xiong got into the car, his gaze habitually falling on Vermilion Bird’s chest.


    Still t as ever.


    Ye Xiong had a habit of looking at Luo Weiwei and Vermilion Bird’s chests, oddly attracted for opposite reasons—Luo Weiwei’srge chest drew him, while Vermilion Bird’s small one intrigued him.


    “You, you deserve to spend your life as a vegetative person in bed.” Vermilion Bird noticed Ye Xiong’s gaze and was unpleased.


    “Having met you, should you be cursing me like this?” Ye Xiong said with a smile.


    “Who asked your eyes to be so cheap?” Vermilion Bird retorted.


    “Can’t help it, who made you so charismatic?” Ye Xiong replied before shifting his gaze to Chen Xiao, who was driving, and chuckled, “Chen the Immortal, you agree, right?”


    “Absolutely, Vermilion Bird’s charisma is the most unique I’ve ever seen in my life,” Chen Xiaoughed heartily.<div>


    “Jerks.”


    Vermilion Bird rolled her eyes, not bothering with these two jerks.


    She thought Ye Xiong was cheap enough, but Chen Xiao was no better. When he came to pick her up earlier, his eyes also swept over her chest from time to time. Some decency would be appreciated.


    “What has Phoenix been up to these past days?” Ye Xiong asked.<div>


    “She’s been catching a group of hunting mercenaries. Those mercenaries gather wild animal genes within the country, leading to the killing of many precious animals. The matter has attracted high attention from the State Security Bureau,” Vermilion Bird exined.


    “Beast genes, what do they want with those?” Ye Xiong asked in bewilderment.


    “Preliminary investigations indicate that arge portion of the genes carried by foreign Gene Warriorses from various Vicious Beasts in nature. Snakes, eagles, tigers, wolves, and even some mythical Vicious Beasts, the Beast Organization chemically processes these fierce beasts’ genes into a parasitic form that can reside in the human body, and that is the origin of Gene Warriors,” Vermilion Bird exined.


    “No wonder there have been more and more hunting Mercenary Groups showing up this past year, so such a big event has urred,” Chen Xiao sighed.


    “Now, every country is on a tight hunt for the Beast Organization, if not for such forceful measures, there’s a strong possibility that the future of humanity might be reced by Gene Warriors. When that timees, the world will be plunged into chaos,” Vermilion Bird said with a very solemn expression on his face. “It is said that the underground world has already started trading gic liquids, and a simple third-generation gic liquid has been spected to several million US dors. With such high profits at stake, some illegal organizations and groups have also joined the research and development of gic liquids.”


    “Long Zaitian has given a death order to the members of the Dragon Group, once a beast-hunting mercenary is found within the borders, they have the authority to ‘sh first, reportter’,” Vermilion Bird stated.


    “Aren’t you already out of the Dragon Group, howe you are so aware of their affairs?” Ye Xiong asked curiously.


    “Commander Long Tianya has always been concerned about the affairs of Gene Warriors, so I am still quite informed on the matter.”


    Ye Xiong hadn’t expected that within the short year of his absence from the Dragon Group, such significant events had happened domestically, and the research on Gene Warriors had progressed so rapidly.


    He thought back to a year ago when he was identally abducted to be an experimental subject for Gene Warriors. At that time, there was not a single Gene Warrior in the world. Within just a year, it had developed to the point where gic liquids could be trafficked.


    Could the future of humanity really be reced by Gene Warriors?


    Upon serious contemtion, he felt that such a possibility was not very likely.


    Currently, nations of the United Nations all emphasize democracy, security, and freedom. The unstable existence like that of Gene Warriors would surely pose a threat to the safe development of humankind, and governments around the world definitely would not allow such an event to ur.<div>


    The Beast Organization was developing Gene Warriors merely for profit; they wouldn’t be foolish enough to struggle against governments all over the world.


    Three hourster, the three of them arrived at the airport.


    Chen Xiao handed the car over to an acquaintance, and the three boarded the ne.


    Two hourster, the trio set foot into the hearnd of Miaojiang.


    Miaojiang, located in the Xiangxi region, has a rich cultural heritage.


    The most famous are undoubtedly its Gu poison and Doctor Miao.


    Gu is the cultural essence of Miaojiang, and around Thunder Mountain, the three could see children ying with Gu everywhere.


    In the eyes of people from big cities, venomous snakes and insects that would scare them to death were mere ythings in the hands of four or five-year-old children here.


    “Upon entering Miaojiang, maintain a low profile as much as possible. There are many capable and extraordinary individuals here. If you unwittingly offend a Doctor Miao who knows how to use Gu, you wouldn’t even know how you died,” Vermilion Bird warned.


    “He Mengji has changed her phone, and we can’t get through when we call. Where do we go to find her now?” Ye Xiong asked.


    “Thunder Mountain has the most Doctors Miao and is also the birthce of Gu. Almost all Gu poisons can be cured there. Let’s head there first and take a look!”


    By the time they reached Thunder Mountain, it was almost evening.


    The three found a hotel, booked two rooms, and prepared to spend the night. They nned to enter Thunder Mountain, the rumored birthce of Gu, the next day.<div>


    In the middle of the night, Ye Xiong, deeply asleep, suddenly heard several screams. In the quiet mountains, they sounded especially harrowing.


    The two were awakened and stepped out of their rooms.


    They saw three hotel guests in the hallway, their faces covered in blood, screaming loudly.


    It seemed as if insects were wriggling under their skin on their faces.


    The three guests frenziedly scratched at their own faces until they were bloodied and beyond recognition.


    In just a few minutes, all three guestsy on the ground, dead beyond any doubt.


    The horror of the scene was unbearable to witness.


    “Someone has used Gu,” a guest nearby screamed in terror.